Evolutionary BiologyBMC BiologyPeer-reviewed
Insights from comparative plastid genomics of colorless facultative pathogens Prototheca (Chlorophyta): Unveiling membrane transport and organelle division as key functions
Kacper Maciszewski, Gabriela Wilga, Tomasz Jagielski…·Anna Karnkowska
This study sequenced plastid genomes of 13 Prototheca strains to understand reductive evolution, finding three independent losses of photosynthesis and conservation of key plastid functions.